by Dan Mitchell | Aug 8, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
A big argument for free enterprise over statism is that the former delivers growth while the latter leads to stagnation. And that’s very apparent when you review decades of data. The case for capitalism is especially powerful if you care...
by Sven R. Larson | Aug 6, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
In his blog “The non-relationship between welfare spending and poverty reduction in the western world” Dan Mitchell explains how the welfare state is counter-productive in reducing poverty. He makes many strong points, perhaps the best of which is that poverty was...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Oct 3, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
The latest video from our Economics 101 Series tackles poverty, an issue frequently used to pull heart-strings in support of big government policies. But as the video shows, big government redistribution schemes are not making the problem better, and are likely making...
by CF&P | Oct 3, 2011 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Monday, October 3, 2011 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New “Economics 101” Video from CF&P Exposes Failure of the War on Poverty, Calls for Free Markets for Upward Mobility (Washington,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 19, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Is America filled with tens of millions of people suffering from harsh material deprivation? That’s what the pro-redistribution crowd wants you to think, but a new report from the Heritage Foundation demolishes that stereotype. Here are some of the most remarkable...